Achievers

Air National Guard Airman Matthew R. Brown graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio. Brown is the son of Rene Brown of Prospect and a 2013 graduate of North Oldham High School.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

The Roederer Correctional Complex would like to recognize the following employees for Employee and Supervisor of the Quarter January - March 2014: Lt. Patrick Hawkins, Supervisor of the Quarter, and Jack Barton, Education Coordinator, Employee of the Quarter.

North Oldham choir featuring “The Northern Lights” show choir are excited to present and share with our community, the tenth anniversary of “The Taste Of Broadway” on Nov. 22 & 23 held at the North Oldham Campus in the high school auditorium located at US 42 and 1793.

Show times and dates for the “Taste Of Broadway” are Friday 7 p.m. and Saturday 2 p.m. Tickets will be sold at the door, $10 for adults $5 for children and students. Refreshments are served at intermission.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier received training in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid and Army history, core values and traditions. Additional training included development of basic combat skills and battlefield operations and tactics and experiencing use of various weapons and weapons defenses available to the infantry crewman.

Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed the following Oldham County residents to state boards and commissions. Reappointed to the Board of Nursing to serve for terms expiring June 30, 2017: Anne H. Veno, of Crestwood, is a health care executive and registered nurse at the Episcopal Church Home. She represents Leading Age Kentucky.

Paul Bradshaw Jr., Crestwood, Kentucky, has been elected as an alternate delegate to the 130th Annual American Angus Association Convention of Delegates, November 18 in Louisville, Kentucky, reports Bryce Schumann, CEO of the American Angus Association.
Bradshaw is one of 302 Angus breeders who have been elected by fellow members to serve as an alternate state representative to the annual meeting.
The American Angus Association has nearly 25,000 active members and is the largest beef breed organization in the world.

Two Oldham County Kentucky police officers raced to the top of the Richard Petty Driving Experience (RPDE) speed charts and collected Kentucky Speedway Top Cop Challenge team and individual titles.

The speedway created the friendly competition to thank regional law enforcement for efforts toward making the venue’s race events successful in addition to officers’ year-round public safety initiatives.

The four-week course is a leadership internship for cadets that can lead to the ultimate goal of becoming an Army officer. College students experience and examine the Army without incurring an obligation to serve in the Army or ROTC, and are eligible to receive two-year college scholarship offers and attend the Advanced ROTC Course at their college.